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Charles Richard Lewis, Jr

William C Phillips

David P Olson

Mark E Schommer

John W Forsberg

Alex C Toy

John Wallace Smith

Michael David Nunn

William H Wurz

Raymond M Walker

Michael John Nuttall

Dennis Joseph Boyle

David Charles Deaville

Robert Clauser

John D Snider

Alfred F Bergeron

Jeffrey T Thawley

Jochen P Backs

Jerry G Hodsdon

Kurtis G Heaton

Craig David Carroll

Joseph W Yang

Paul Michael Newby

Christopher L Crawford

George Crothall

Blaise Bertrand

Donald MacDougall

Christopher M Flink

Sam Yuchai Hu

Chase Tyler Thompson

John Raff

Peter Nils Skillman

James Rolfe Yurchenco

Mark A Biasotti

Steven T Peng

Anthony James Grewe

Howard M Singer

Thomas M Wien

Steve J Nelson

Donald E Banks

Daniel Sung-Hwe Kim

Kocheng Michael Wu

Dana Robert Nicholson

Joseph Li-Hsing Hei

Anthony Piazza, Iv

Jeffrey Charles Hawkins

John Henry Schaffeld

Dan Harden

Rajeev Madhukar Sahasrabudhe

Jose A Sosa

Gretchen Barnes

Sonja Schiefer

Christopher Francis Gill

Conrad Stanley Traut

Michael Wise

Carl J Ledbetter

Brian Edward Richardson

Christopher A Miksovsky

James Yurchenco

Geoffrey S Barrall

Peter Stathis

Scott D Cook

Grace Tseng

Joseph Lee Carpenter

Derrick Hurst

David Gary Mendelson

Carlos Garibay

John Boyd Havener

Valery Monge

Maria Uspenski

Kevin C Von Essen

Jeffrey T Thanley

Scott Whitman

Wendy H Brown

Thomas A Catanzano

Hing Kit Wong

Marcus Peter Diebel

Kenneth Haven

Daniel Blaugrund

Karen A Des Jardins

Collapsible container

Media player

In general, the disclosure is directed to a patient programmer for an implantable medical device. The patient programmer may include one or more of a variety of features that may enhance performance, support mobility and compactness, or promote patient convenience. The patient programmer includes an internal antenna mounted on a first circuit board and a display mounted on a second circuit board. The first circuit board includes a substantially contiguous ground plane layer that is interrupted by two or more gaps. The patient programmer may also include one or more of a variety of features that may enhance performance, support mobility and compactness, or promote patient convenience.

Medical device programmer

In general, the invention is directed to a patient programmer for an implantable medical device. The patient programmer may include one or more of a variety of features that may enhance performance, support mobility and compactness, or promote patient convenience.

Medical device programmer with selective disablement of display during telemetry

A 360&#xb0; rotatable power grommet mounted in an aperture in a work surface, three vertical copper strips, each connected to a wire which passes through a base to connect to an electrical power source. The copper strips are mounted in a vertical shaft which connects to a base. There are one or more electrical receptacles having arms which rotate horizontally and close to form a central bore, the arms having inner surfaces which are molded with horizontal copper strips, the central bore clamping to the vertical shaft to transfer power from the vertical shaft to the horizontal copper strips, the central bore allowing each electrical receptacle to separately rotate 360&#xb0; around the vertical shaft.

Rotating power grommet

A power, communications and data grommet mounted in an aperture in a work surface comprising, a housing adapted to fit into the aperture, the housing comprising a cap removably connected to a liner, the liner comprising an upper liner and a lower liner, the upper liner flaring outwardly to prevent the grommet from falling through the aperture, and a substantially cylindrical lower liner having a threaded outer surface, and a lock ring having inner threads to be threadably attached to the lower liner.

Power and communications grommet

Personal storage appliance

A system for recharging an implantable medical device. The system comprises a holster that may be donned in multiple respective configurations for charging implanted medical devices implanted at various locations within the patient's body. The system may further comprise a charging unit having an antenna on the patient's right side, a second configuration for charging a pectorally implanted medical device on the patient's left side, or a third configuration for use as a waist belt for charging a pectorally implanted medical device on either side of the patient.

Holster for charging pectorally implanted medical devices

A holster that may be donned in a first configuration for charging a pectorally implanted medical device on the patient's right side, a second configuration for charging a pectorally implanted medical device on the patient's left side, or a third configuration for use as a waist belt for charging a pectorally implanted medical device on either side of the patient.

In general, the disclosure is directed to a patient programmer for an implantable medical device. The patient programmer may include one or more of a variety of features that may enhance performance, support mobility and compactness, or promote patient convenience. The patient programmer includes an internal antenna mounted on a first circuit board and a display mounted on a second circuit board. The first circuit board includes a substantially contiguous around plane layer that is interrupted by two or more gaps. The patient programmer may also include one or more of a variety of features that may enhance performance, support mobility and compactness, or promote patient convenience.

Circuit board construction for handheld programmer

A method for assembling a programmer for a medical device includes assembling a housing member, a first circuit board, a second circuit board, and a plate member in a stacked z-axis configuration.

Method for assembling a programmer for a medical device

In general, the invention is directed to a patient programmer for an implantable medical device. The patient programmer may include one or more of a variety of features that may enhance performance, support mobility and compactness, or promote patient convenience. For example, the patient programmer may include an internal antenna for RF telemetry with the implantable medical device. The internal antenna may have a loop-like structure that defines a central aperture. A battery bay may extend at least partially into the antenna aperture from the patient programmer housing. One or more batteries may be mounted in the battery bay within the antenna aperture. In some cases, the batteries may contribute favorably to the RF load presented to the internal antenna. In particular, the batteries may present an additional load to the internal antenna, enhancing immunity to electrical and electromagnetic interference during telemetry sessions with the implantable medical device.

Neurostimulator programmer with internal antenna

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Charles Richard Lewis, Jr